We all know, from the manual, that the eight available drivers are divided into statistically identical pairs of two (Mario & Luigi, Princess & Yoshi, Bowser & DK Jr, Koopa Troopa & Toad), however there are still some debates within the community about which character is the best within one pair (DK > Bowser, of course ! :) ), or which one is the best by mode (Princess in Battle Mode, obviously :P). We will try to find some answers to those questions on the "character stats" page by analysing the match results played during all SMK championships since 2002.

Interestingly, with the match results used so far, DK Jr seems indeed to be better than Bowser in terms of percentage of matches won and number of medals earned in Match Race and GP150cc, though Bowser has more Gold Medals. In the Toad/Koopa pair, same thing, Toad seems to be better in terms of % and medals earned but Koopa has more gold medals. In the two others pairs, Mario and Peach seems clearly superior to Luigi and Yoshi in all fields.